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[Siskel]

Keeping with the Niagara Falls theory, could "the isle of B" in verse 10 be referring to Bath Island?

http://www.niagara.edu/library/nfguides/or111-120.pdf

[johann]

There is also Queen Victoria Park in Niagara Falls Ontario.
www.niagarafallslive.com/Queen_Victoria ... ntario.htm

Boasts to be the best point from which to look at the Falls, stretches from Horseshoe Falls to the Oakes Gardens Theatre.
But this may not fit the "isle of B" issue.

[The_Duck]

to The_Duck.

Sorry if I inadvertantly stepped on your toes on the Niagara Falls theory.

You didn't - I'm just glad to see more people focusing on that area - I'll some detail to the info I put there in a bit.

[JRock]

I saw a painting on the internet of Niagara Falls dated 1848 or something that actually looked a lot like the falls in the image, so I guess I'm starting to become a believer.  I wasn't able to check my potential NYC site this weekend, but will be doing so tomorrow (day off for the vote).

[keylime]

How do we know for sure that Image 5 and Verse 12 go together, if we don't know who found it? Is there a newspaper article or something that confirms this?

[KROMAGNUM]

JRock.....The Handful sounds great!

Ordering my copy of Palmistry from Amazon.

Got any upcoming gigs in NJ?
Mexicali Blues? Etc.

PM me.

[maltedfalcon]

How do we know for sure that Image 5 and Verse 12 go together, if we don't know who found it? Is there a newspaper article or something that confirms this?

you mean for Chicago?
The publisher confirmed it at one point.

[johann]

Being from Chicago, I followed the trail with the pic and verse, and I do remember an article so many years ago.  I just wish I could get hold of the old article.

[JRock]

Well, I cased what I thought was a potential dig site in NYC - basically, it looks like a dead end.  I thought it may have been somewhere on Roosevelt Island, especially the southern tip, using Verse 10.  I figured the shadow of the grey giant was possibly the UN building or the Chrysler Building (from the gargoyle part of Image 12).  I thought the "cars abound" referenced the cable cars on the tram that opened in '76.  The southern tip of the island seemed to form a small letter v, and if you looked down (river), you can see "simple roots in rhapsodic man's soil", meaning the small tributaries that extended into Brooklyn from the East River (Gershwin was born there).  And Charles Dickens wrote about the Octagon Tower and the former insane asylum on Roosevelt Island, formerly known as Blackwell's Island, in American Notes.  Gazing north at the Isle of B could have meant either looking north toward the island itself, or toward the Blackwell's Island Lighthouse at the northern tip.  Anyway, I spent Election Day walking the entire length of the riverwalk after searching the southern tip area, looking far and wide for the nearby sign that the natives speak of Dickens.  There was no plaque or sign or memorial anywhere to be found, not even at the lighthouse.  Although the southern tip looked promising, as it's basically a small park, it seems as though a lot has changed about it in the last 24 years or whatever (gated fences, no public access to ruins located there, etc.).  It's possible there could have been markers or a sign there at one point, but basically, if the key is there, it would be impossible now to find it.  Anyway, I'm starting to think the Niagara Falls thing could work, but there are 2 other spots in NYC I'm going to check out 1st.

[fox]

wow Jrock, those were all very plausable ideas... sorry they turned up naught.  I, personally, am still kind of sold on my long ago theory of V10 being in Pittsburgh... but alas, nothing there yet either  

[KROMAGNUM]

Great work JRock!
Sorry nothing turned up.....yet?

[wilhouse]

Over in the what's been found thread, Pine hypothesises that Image 12 might be Vancouver.

Poking around, I found a russian artist who lived in vancouver in 1982 and painted some there.

take a look at picture 4, at both the russian looking building and the tall rectangular one. the question is, is this vancouver or russia?

wilhouse

http://www.curios-city.com/list.asp?var ... 20Khazanov

another 1982 shot

http://www.rcw.bc.ca/Photo/Van.htm

[johann]

Look at the bird statue on President Harding's Visit memorial in Stanley Park in Vancouver.
www.seestanleypark.com/statplaq/page9bstat&plaq.htm
I have also posted some connection on the verse 10 thread (him of Hard word).

[maltedfalcon]

Id say you found that ugly bird!!!
sneaky if he purposely stuck in red herrings to make it like new york....

[johann]

Look at a recent post on the image 11 thread.  It points to a seabird, onion domes and a Statue of Liberty replica in Seattle.